Optimal Strategies for Your Residency Application, with a focus on Anesthesiology - June 10

Join us for this AAMC-hosted Specialty Spotlight webinar featuring Anesthesiology, a participating specialty in the ERAS® application process. During this session, ERAS applicants and medical school advisors will hear directly from a Anesthesiology program director and advisor who will share key insights, helpful practices, and valuable resources to support preparation for the 2025-2026 application season.

Cynthia Hutchinson
Director, ERAS Account Management

Cynthia Hutchinson is Director of Residency Engagement with the AAMC and a member of the ERAS Program team. She began in this role in 2024, and her work includes connecting with learners, schools, institutions, programs, and specialties to gather feedback and share information to improve the transition to residency. Cynthia has more than a dozen years of experience in GME, serving in positions that have ranged from program administration to corporate director of GME overseeing accreditation and operations on a national level. She is experienced in GME strategy, operations, and ACGME accreditation.

Jed Wolpaw, MD, M.Ed
Associate Professor, Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine
Residency Program Director

Jed Wolpaw, MD, M.Ed., is an Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University and Program Director for the Anesthesiology Residency program. He subspecializes in critical care and attends in the surgical ICUs and in the general adult ORs. 

Dr. Wolpaw earned his undergraduate degree in History, magna cum laude, from Brown University and received a master’s in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He went on to earn his MD from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he graduated with AOA honors and served as student commencement speaker. He completed his residency in Anesthesiology at UCSF and a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins, where he joined the faculty in 2015. 

He is the founder and host of the Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) podcast, which has garnered more than 5 million downloads across over 100 countries. A nationally recognized educator, Dr. Wolpaw has received multiple honors for teaching and innovation, including the ASA Excellence in Anesthesia Education Award and the AUA Education Innovation Award. He is a past chair of the Resident Education Committee for the Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA) and currently serves on its Board of Directors. He also serves as President of the Association of Anesthesiology Core Program Directors.

Andrea Dutoit, MD
Professor, UNMC Department of Anesthesiology
Residency Program Director

Andrea Dutoit, MD, is a Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), where she serves as the Residency Program Director. She also practices as a pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist at Children's Nebraska. 

Dr. Dutoit earned her medical degree from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, followed by a transitional internship at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center in Denver. She completed both her anesthesiology residency and pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. 

Nationally recognized for her leadership in medical education, Dr. Dutoit was named president-elect of the Association of Anesthesiology Core Program Directors (AACPD) in 2023, beginning a six-year leadership term in 2024. She also serves as an examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology

Mitchell Goldstein, MD, MBA
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Director, Johns Hopkins Child Protection Team

Dr. Mitchell Goldstein is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His area of clinical expertise is pediatric emergency medicine, with a particular focus on child abuse and neglect service. 

As director of the Johns Hopkins Child Protection Team, Dr. Goldstein provides medical consultation to physicians, attorneys, and social workers regarding children suspected of being maltreated. He currently works with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to develop a model system of medical consultation for children with suspicion of maltreatment. Dr. Goldstein is a member of the Maryland Academy of Pediatrics Child Abuse Subcommittee, where he often speaks about issues related to abusive head trauma. 

Dr. Goldstein holds a B.S. in biology from Franklin and Marshall College. He received his M.D. from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where he graduated Alpha Omega Alpha in 1995. He completed a residency in pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1998 and joined the Hopkins faculty in 1999. Dr. Goldstein earned an M.B.A. from Johns Hopkins University in 2005. 

In 2010, Dr. Goldstein won the George J. Stuart Award for Outstanding Clinical Teaching at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is actively involved in all aspects of pediatric residency training and serves as a resident advisor, member of the intern selection committee, and curriculum committee.